non-native-speaker

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Adjective[edit]

non-native-speaker (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of, relating to, or characteristic of non-native speakers.
    • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116:
      If native-speaker varieties have been given such scholarly attention, surely non-native-speaker varieties should not be excluded from similar treatment.
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